Roberts v. James

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant, a former sheriff of Pinellas County, appeals a final judgment following a jury verdict awarding appellee, a former inmate of the Pinellas County jail system, $34,500 as a result of an accidental injury inflicted by a fellow inmate. Appellee’s injury consisted of having the little finger on his right hand cut off with a pair of pruning shears. We reverse.

Appellant raises three points on appeal:

I. WHETHER APPELLEE PRESENTED A PRIMA FACIE CASE ON WHICH APPELLANT’S LIABILITY CAN BE PREDICATED?

*948II. WHETHER APPELLANT IS IMMUNE “FROM LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS AND/OR OMISSIONS…